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Title Managing strategic surprise : lessons from risk management and risk assessment / edited by Paul Bracken, Ian Bremmer, David Gordon.

Publication Info. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 318 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents How to build a warning system / Paul Bracken -- Intelligence management as risk management : the case of surprise attack / Uzi Arad -- Nuclear proliferation epidemiology : uncertainty, surprise, and risk management / Lewis A. Dunn -- Precaution against terrorism / Jessica Stern and Jonathan B. Wiener -- Defense planning and risk management in the presence of deep uncertainty / Paul K. Davis -- Managing energy security risks in a changing world / Coby van der Linde -- What markets miss : political stability frameworks and country risk / Preston Keat -- The risk of failed-state contagion / Jeffrey Herbst -- Conclusion : managing strategic surprise / Paul Bracken, Ian Bremmer and David Gordon.
Summary Asks whether risk management techniques can be successfully applied to contemporary national security challenges.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Risk management.
Risk management.
Risk assessment.
Risk assessment.
International relations.
International relations.
Military policy.
Military policy.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Bracken, Paul J.
Bremmer, Ian, 1969-
Gordon, David, 1950-
Other Form: Print version: Managing strategic surprise. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008 0521709601 (DLC) 2008015643 (OCoLC)226389262
ISBN 9780511421303 (electronic book ; Adobe Digital Editions)
0511421303 (electronic book ; Adobe Digital Editions)
9780511424151 (electronic book)
0511424159 (electronic book)
0511423675 (electronic book)
9780511423673 (electronic book)
0511423160 (electronic book)
9780511423161 (electronic book)
9780511755880
0511755880
9780521883153
0521883156
9780521709606
0521709601
0521709601 (Paper)
0521883156 (Cloth)
Standard No. X435852X
10.1017/CBO9780511755880